Oiling device.



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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 2% 19]?- REYNEWED SEPT- 18 318- 1,301,816, Patented Apr. 29,1919.

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JUNIUS E. BUSBY, 01E TBAFFORD, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 CHARLES HENRY KEITH, 0F TRAFFORD, ALABAMA.

.OILING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29 11919.

Application filed December 22, 1917, Serial No. 208,349. Renewed September 18, 1918. Serial No. 25 L676.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JUNIUs E. BUsBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trafford, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oiling Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in oiling devices and it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this general character having novel and improved means whereby it may be employed with convenience facility for applying oil'to the splice bars andboltsembodied in a track structure. V 5 Y The inventionalso has for an Object to provide a novel and improved device of this general character which may be readily transported upon a rail comprised in a track structure and wherein oil applying members are employed and which are movable laterally with respect to the rail upon which the device is traveling.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement ofythe several parts of my improved oiling device whereby certain important advantages are attainedand the device renderedsimpler, less expensive and.

iotherwise more =Jconvenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that myinvention may. be the better understood, I will now proced to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawlngs, wherem:

Figure l is a view in top plan of an oiling substan- Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of one of the swabs asherein employed, detached.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings' 1 denotes an elongated fiat body mem ber formed of suitable material and which is provided adjacent its opposite ends with the openings 2 preferably rectangular in form and which are intersected by the shafts 3 disposed transversely of the body 1. Botatably mounted upon each of the shafts 3 and positioned within an opening 2 is a flanged wheel or roller 1 adapted to engage the tread of a rail R embodied in a track structure so that the device may be readily transported over said rail.

Pivotally engaged with the body 1, preferably at a point in advance of the longitudinal center thereof, are rearwardly divergmg arms 5. The pivotal connections 6 of said arms are preferably in transverse alinement and the portions of said arms in advance of the pivots 6 have adjacent edges 7 arranged on such relative inclinations as to afford efiective means for limiting the extent of separation of the rear or outer end portions of said arms 5.

Suitably secured to the outer end portions of the arms 5 and underlying the same are flat plates 8 occupying substantially the same horizontal plane as the body 1 and which are adapted to contact with the longitudmal margins of said body 1 for limiting plate 8 has its longitudinal axis arranged on such an incline or angle relative to the arms 5 as to be disposed substantially in parallelism with the body 1 when the arm 5 is at the limit of its inward movement,

Suitably mounted upon each of the plates 8 and preferably at a point inwardly of the rear end of the body 1 is an upstanding container 9 provided at its lower portion with adischarging spout 10 disposed in a direction toward the body 1 and having its free end disposed downwardly as at 11 for a purpose which will hereinafter be selfevident. The adjacent longitudinal marginal portion of the body 1 is provided with a cut-out portion or recess 12 to receive or accommodate the outer end portion of the spout 10 when the plate 8 or its coacting arm 5 isat the limit of its inward movement. In other words, the cut-out portion or recess 12 eliminates the possibility of the spout 10 obstructing the necessary or requisite movement of the plate 8.

Depending from each of the plates 8 at a point below the container 9 is a housing l-l disposed transversely of the plate 8 and hav ing its inner face open. The housing 14 is the inward movement of the arms 5. The i adapted to overlie the web portion of the rail R so that the swab S arranged within the housing 14 may be caused to properly engage a splice bar B and the clamping bolts coacting therewith. The swab S may be of any desired material and has an end portion operatively engaged with the head 15adapted to snugly fit within the housing 14-. The swab S when in applied position, underlies a discharge spout 10 so that oil within the container 9 may drip or discharge upon the swab in order that the desired oil may be properly applied upon the splice bar and its concomitant parts.

The rear end portions of the plates 8 are provided with upstanding handles 16 which are adapted to be grasped by the operator for pushing the device along the rails of a track way. Normally the arms 5 are held at their limit of outward movement so that the swabs S will not contact with the rails but when the device reaches a joint the operator, through the medium of-the handles l6,'swings'the arms 5 inwardly so that the swabs S will properly engage the splice bars B and the bolts coacting therewith.

The forward end portion of thebody 1 has resting thereupon and suitably affixed thereto the transversely disposed strips of cleats 17 preferably arranged fore and aft of the forward opening 2. Suitably mounted upon the strips or cleats 17 is a receptacle 18 having its upper face open and in which is adapted to be seated a container 19 carrying an extra supply of oil so that the containers 9 may be re-filled when-the occasion requires. I

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that an oiling device constructed in accordance. with .my inven-. tion is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated and itwillfalso. be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and pivotally engaged with the body and extending beyond opposite sides thereof, swabs carried by the outer end portions of the arms and extending inwardly thereof, and

pivotally engaged with the body and extending beyond opposite sides thereof, swabs carried by theouter end portions of the arms and extending inwardly thereof, and handles carried by the outer end portions of the arms.

3. An oiler of the character described comprising a body, longitudinally alined wheels carried by the body adapted toride upon the tread portion of a rail of a trackway, arms pivotally engaged with the body and extending beyond opposite sides thereof, and oil applying means carried by the outer end portions of the arms. v

a. An oiler of the character described comprising a body, longitudinally alined whee-ls carried by the body adapted to ride upon the tread portion of a rail of a trackway, arms pivotally engaged with the body and extending beyond opposite sides thereof, oil applying means carried by the outer end portions of the arms, and means for imparting pivotal movement to the arms.

5. An oiler of the character described comprising a body, longitudinally alined wheels carried by the body adapted to ride ing pivotal movement to, thearms, the pivoted end portions of said arms coacting to limit the pivotal movements of the arms in one direction.

6. An oiler of the character described comprising a body, longitudinally alined ,wheels carried by the body and adapted to ride upon the tread portion of alrail of a track-way, arms .pivotally engaged with the body and extending beyond opposite. sides e f, o l app ying mea rr y outer end portions of the arms, and up: standing handles carried by the outer end portions of the arms. r i

7 An oiler of the class described consisting ofa portable body adapted to travel on a rail of a track-way, arms pivotally engaged with the body and extending beyond opposite sides thereof, a housing underlying the under end portions of each of; the arms and having its inner end open, and a swab insertible within each of the housings and extending beyondthe, open end thereof.

8. An oiler of the class described; consisting of a portable body adapted to travel on a rail of a track-way, arms pivotally engaged with the body and extending beyond opposite sides, thereof, a housing underlying the under end portlonsof each of the arms and having its inner end open, a swab insertible within each of the housings and extending beyond the open end thereof, and

means for delivering oil to the swabs when in applied position.

9. oiler of the class described oonsistmeans carried by each of the arms for ap- 10 ing of a portable body adapted to travel plyingoil to the swab coacting therewith.

on a rail of a track-Way, arms pivotally en- In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my gaged withlthehbodyf smell1 extendingdbelyond signature in the presence of two Witnesses. 5 opposite sic es t ereo a ousing un er ying the under end portions of each of the'arms JUNIUS BUSBY and having its inner end open, a swab in- Witnesses:

sertible Within each of the housings and ex- F. J. ORR,

tending beyond the open end thereof, and I. A. BURKS.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissi oner of mitente,

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